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J. 0. ROBERTS.

FOOT SCRAPER..

APPucATloN FILED APR. I4. 1919.

1,318,231, Patented 0@t.7,1919.

@l Horne/13 'JULUS O. ROBERTS, OF ABLENE, KANSAS.

FOOT-SCRAPER.

Laisser.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

Application led April 14, 153219.Y Serial No. 289,737.

To all whom t may concern Be `it knownthat l, JULIUs O. ROBERTS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Abilene, in the county o'f Dickinson and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Foot-Scraper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in foot scrapers, the object of the invention being to provide an improved scraper that is available for use at any time and which can be slid out of the way when not in use.

A `further object of the invention is the provision o-f'a scraper that is self-cleaning, and which is particularly adapted for attachment to the running board of an automobile.

1With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved scraper, illustrating the same secured to the running board of an automobile, the running board being shown in section, and showing in full lines the sheathed position and in dot-and-dash lines the open position of the scraper blade;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the sheath or housing of the scraper;

Fig. 3 is a cross section .taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. a is a plan view of the scraper showing the same ready for attachment to a suitable support. Y

The same characters of reference designate the same parts in the different figures of the drawings.

' Referring to the drawings, 2 designates a supporting plate provided at the center thereof with a longitudinally extending channel 8 forming a sheath for the scraper blade -l and having a plurality of openings and 6 for the passage of fastening means, such as screws or bolts. The scraper blade is of L-shaped formation at its louter end, as shown in Figs 1 and 2, and is provided at its upper edge, near the inner end thereof, with a wedge-shaped notch 8. Secured by means of rivets or otherwise on the upper side o-f the channel plate 2, toward the front end thereof, is a flat spring 9, said spring being tapered at its sides from front to rear thereof and bent downwardly at its pointed V end to form a tongue adapted to project into the channel and engage the notch 8 in the upper edge o'f the scraper blade, thereby to limitthe extent to which such blade may be pulled out of its sheath, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and t. The front edges of the walls of the channel 3 are preferably beveled, as shown at 10 in Fig. 4L, whereby is formed a pair of cutting edges adapted to lie in close contact with the blade 4 and clean the same when said blade is returned to its sheath. l

The device described may be secured to the running board of an automobile by means of bolts 11 passing through the openings 5' in the channel plate 2 and having nuts screwed on their lower ends. When the scraper is to be applied to a car having a steel running board, l provide a wooden block 12, to which the channel plate 2 is secured by means of screws 13 passing through the openings 6 in the channel plate, the bolts 11 in this instance passing through the wooden block l2 and then through the plate 2, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

The scraper blade is normally maintained within the sheath, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, the tension of the spring 9 on the upper edge of the blade being sufficient to prevent it from being jarred out of place. lVhen it is desired to use the scraper, the blade is pushed out by placing the edge o'f vthe shoe against the upper end of the L- shaped portion '7 of the blade that projects above the running board and pushing the same outwardly until it arrives at the position shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the' end ofV the spring 9 drops into the notch in the upper edge of the blade and retains the same against being further withdrawn. After the scraper has been used the blade is pushed inwardly and the beveled front edges of the Y channel serve to clean the dirt therefrom.

`While l have described in detail the structure herein illustrated, it is to be understood that I do not thereby limit my invention to the precise features of construction shown, as I am aware that many mechanical changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

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Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. In a shoe scraper, a horizontally supported plate formed With a U-shaped guide that extends the length of the plate, a scraper bar supported'edgevvise in the guide and capable of being Withdrawn from one end thereof, and provided with a notch adjacent its inner end at its upper longitudinal 0 edge, a resilient tongue secured to the plate and overlying the guide and engageable in the notch to limit the outward movement of the scraper bar, the latch engaging the upper edge of the bar when the latter is in retracted position. v

2. In a shoe scraper, an elongated horizontally supported member having a recess in one face thereof, a plate secured to said face and formed with a guide Which eX- tends longitudinally or' the elongated member and is disposed below the recess, a bar longitudinally movable in the guide and provided with a notch adjacent at its inner end, and a resilient tongue secured to the plate beneath the recess and engageable With the notch in the bar when the latter is in extended position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses H. M. HOWARD, L. F. VILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by`addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. Y

JULIUS` 0. ROBERTS. 

